St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-27

and drink milk. Battle often in warm,
| salt water and rub yourself briSkly
afterward. Keep regular hours and be
as moral as possible. You will 81 on see
ali improvement. You write fairy and
spell well. Your writing indicates self
consciousness and Sensitiveness. Don't
mind being called queer, 1t is nothing
against you if you happen not TO be cut
out by the same pattern as everybody
else. Eccentricity should be avoided.
but little originality is refreshing.
CONSTANT READER.
FirSt-Black silk would not be a
| proper wedd ng costume. either pure
white, or, as in the case of a widow $
marriage, some neutral tint being re-
quired; nor should the guests attend i'm
mourning Even when black is habit
ually worn by them, it should. for the
time being, eive place to gray or some
other neutral color. Second, the brides
| parents should furnish her wedding
outfit. Third. the costumes of the
| bridesmaids must take their tone from
that of the bride, and be neither lighter,
! richer nor gayer than hers. Fourth.
| Wedding invitations should be sent out
three or four weeks prior to the day
| upon which the ceremony is to be per-
formed, in order that those living at a
! distance may have an opportunity of at
| tending. Fifth, bridal presents are, ac-
cOrding to strict etiquette, sent from two
| weeks to week previous to the we'd
ding day.
BCNTHORN.
| NaVigatOrS or Samoan islands. are the
| two names given to group of nine
| islands, with some iSletS. lying in the
! Pacific ocean, north of the Friendly isl
ands. The four principal members of
! the group are Mauna, Tutuila. Upolu
/ and Savaii. The latter, forty miles in
| length and twenty miles broad, is the
! largest. With one exception Rose
| iSland) they are all volcanic in origin.
| and for the most part are rugged and
| and lofty. rising in some cases TO an
/ elevation of $500 feet and covered with
| the richest vegetation. The soil is very
| rich and climate moist. Thick forests
of bread-fruit, cOcOanut. banana and
palm-trees abound, and the orange.
lemon, tacca from which Kind of sage
is made), coffee. sweet potatoes, pine
apples, vans, nutmegs. wild sugar cane
and many other important plants grow
luXuriantly. Pigs, cows and horses
were introduced into these islands at
comparatively recent date. The ma
tiveS are well formed especially the
males), ingenious, intelligent and affec-
tiOnate, and the majority of them have
embraced Christianity. TO escape an
archy, the chiefs have repeatedly petit
toned to be taken under the pretectO-
rate of Great Britain or the United
States, and in 1878 a commercial treaty
was concluded with the latter govern
ment. The following year a treaty
granted to Germany the rights of the /
most favored nation and conceded a port
for the use of the German navy, SINH
lar treaty being concluded with Eng
land later in the same year. Not being
fully informed. up to the present date.
as to the real cause Of the seizure of
King Mailetoa by the Germans, as the
reports from the islands are rather
meager. it would be difficult 10 give
positive answer regarding the justice or
injustice of such a proceeding, or
whether any treaty rights had been
usurped by the naval representative of
Emperor William.
LAB.
j. A. B. wishes to know the average
height, weight and chest measure of
boy of eighteen. 1t is hard to tell Pro-
portions differ in different ATTITUDES and
localities. In Texas or Florida the youth |
of eighteen has usually attained his full |
height. Boys who have passed their |
lives in the country and exercised their |
limbs and muscles by moderate work in |
developed at eighteen than city boys. |
As general average boy of eighteen |
is feet ) inches high, weighs III |
pounds and measures SO inches around |
the shoulders. The most suitable pres |
ent to give young girl of sixteen is a |
handsome book. Books, flowers, pair |
of gloves or fan are the conventional |
presents that it is safe to offer.
+. is carpenter in q Northwestern |
town who wishes to know if it would |
not be advisable to go to New Orleans |
in winter, as work is not at all steady |
during that season in his native place. |
1t would be better to go to some of the |
new towns in the South that are build |
ing up so rapidly. such as Birmingham, |
Admission and Decatur in Alabama, |
ThOmaSville or Atlanta in Georgia. Mr.. |
Norman is one of the architects in the |
last named city. Tobacco passes
through number of processes before
it is fit for use. 1t is dried in the shade, |
smoked and pressed before shipping to |
the factory. 1t is then stemmed stepped |
in watts of Sweetened water. pressed, !
steamed and re-pressed. The processes |
are too long to be detailed.
HARRISONIAN.
FirSt-Wilkie Collins is still in the land |
of the living; Charles Reade died April |
II, 1884. A catalogue of the works of |
these authors is Obtainable at a book |
store or news stand. SecOnd-When the |
young man sees his way clear to as
Stunning the responsibilities of marriage |
he will doubtless consult you in the
matter of becoming a life partner.
r. W.
The tricolOr has been the national
badge of France since 1879. 1t consists |
of the Bourbon white cOckade and the
blue and red cockade of the city of
Paris combined. Lafayette devised this
SymbOlical union of the king and the
people, and when he presented it to the
nation, said: II bring you a cockade
that shall make the tour of the world"
JOINT.
United States silver dollars bearing |
the date of 1862 are not considered rare
coins, and consequently are not quoted
at premium.
c. W.
Gus Williams full name is Gustave
William Leweck. He was born July
19, 1S47, and his first appearance on the
stage as professional occurred in 1864, |
at Huntsville, Ala. Fanny Davenport
was born about 1919 in London, and she
began her stage career as child at the
Chambers Street theater, New York
City, Feb. %, 1857. her formal debut be-
ing made at NiblO'S Garden, in that
city, on Feb. IA, 1862. She is a step
daughter of the late E. l.. Davenport,
the famous tragedian, and in private
life is Mrs. Edwin Price. 8. Pauline
Markham's maiden name is said to have
been Margaret Hall.
GRACE DARLING.
Aut pax. aut bellum is Latin, not
French. 1t means EITHER peace or
war" The lime is a tree of the citrus
variety, 1t has a fruit similar to the
lemon, but much smaller-little over an
inch in diameter-round, with a thin
rind and acid flavor. The fruit is pre-
served, forming a sweet pickle that is